A plant cell wall is arranged in layers and contains cellulose microfibrils, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin, and soluble protein. These components are organized into three major layers: the primary ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

Students learn how parents and babies compare in appearance for animals and plants. In this lesson, students learn how parents and babies compare in appearance for animals and plants. Ms. Newby reads ...

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they ...

The "deathbed rally," the "last hurrah"—it's not unheard of for living things to mysteriously perk up in the moments before death. It turns out that plants do it too, at least at the cellular level. A ...